The 2010 World Cup probabilities kicks off on Friday, June 11th as the host nation South Africa takes on Mexico. A sum of 32 teams will be contending for the World Cup title with Spain and Brazil the 2 favorites. There have been a sum of 18 World Cups in history and only seven teams have ever earned the title. Italy conquered France in a penalty shootout to claim the World Cup 4 years ago.

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There are really only five teams that are significant contenders to win 2010′s World Cup. Spain is full of talent and they have an easy group with Switzerland, Honduras and Chile. The Spanish team has the talent to win their first World Cup gambling with people like Fernando Torres, David Villa, Xaba and Cesc Fabregas. The only concern for Spain is that they may take on a challenging round of 16 match versus the 2nd place team from Group G that will be Brazil or Portugal. Brazil is the likely victor of Group G but if they in some way fall and finish 2nd, wouldn’t it be a huge shock to see the 2 favorites, Brazil and Spain playing in the round of 16? Brazil has earned the World Cup a total of five times and they are a true risk to win it again this year. They’ll compete in a challenging group with Portugal and Ivory Coast but they’re likely to not have any difficulty progressing to the round of 16 primarily given that Ivory Coast likely has no possibility since foremost scorer Didier Drogba has gone out with a personal injury.

England is the 3rd choice in the gambling probabilities behind Spain and Brazil. They’ve got Wayne Rooney and are very well coached with Fabio Capello. The question is whether their goaltender is good enough. Argentina is in the mix considering they have the best player on the planet in Lionel Messi. The team is coached by Diego Maradona which is likely more of a downside than an upside. Another possibility to take the World Cup is the Netherlands. They may have their greatest team since 1988.

Italy looks to be far weaker than they were 4 years ago, even though they are the defending champion and has earned the World Cup probabilities 4 times, since they have no true scoring threats. Without captain Michael Ballack, who is hurt, Germany is less of a risk this year in spite of having earned the title 3 times.

France, Portgual and the USA might be intriguing choices if you’re looking for darkhorse candidates. France still has Thierry Henry, Nikolas Anelka, William Gallas as well as Franck Ribery as Portgual has Cristiano Ronaldo. The United States can’t be entirely forgotten since it has Tim Howard and Landon Donovan.


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